Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." St. Thomas Aquinas said: "The things we love tell us who we are!" With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!
Below are two albums of pictures that I created:
1. Our grand daughter Adrianna.
2. Tears of Mary!

MARY, OUR MOTHER

Monday, February 16, 2015

Pope on Coptic Christians executed by ISIS: They only said, “Jesus, help me”

February 16, 2015(Rev 6:9-11) And
when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of
them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which
they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord
(Holy and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth? And white robes were given to every one of them one;
And it was said to them that they should rest for a little time till
their fellow servants and their brethren, who are to be slain even as
they, should be filled up.

Pope
Francis on Monday denounced the murder of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIL
militants in Libya. The Islamist terrorist organization released a video
of the killings on Sunday.

Speaking in Spanish to an ecumenical
delegation from the Church of Scotland, the Holy Father noted those
killed only said “Jesus help me.”

“They were murdered just for the fact they were Christians,” Pope Francis said.

“The
blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out,” said the
Pope. “If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not
important: They are Christians. The blood is the same: It is the blood
which confesses Christ.''

Pope Francis said that in remembering
“these brothers who have been killed simply for confessing Christ,”
Christians should encourage one another in the ecumenical goal, noting
the “ecumenism of blood.”

At
the news of the massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts decapitated in Libya by
jihadists affiliated with the so-called Islamic State (IS), the
Patriarch of Alexandria of Coptic Catholics, Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak,
“offers his condolence to all the families of these martyrs who gave
their lives for the faith, and at the same time expresses his gratitude
to President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and all the institutions of the
Egyptian government for giving an immediate response to this act of
terrorism”.

In a statement given to Fides News through
patriarchate personnel, the Primate of the Coptic Catholic Church says
the tragic death of these Orthodox Coptic brothers is to be seen through
the eyes of faith, and he underlines the importance of the fact that
the entire country is united in its reaction to bloodthirsty barbarity
on the part of jihadists, “This tragedy - Fides was told by Fr. Hani
Bakhoum Kiroulos, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate secretary– is uniting the
entire country, Christians and Muslims. If their aim was to divide us,
they have failed. Immediate harsh condemnation came from Cairo’s Al
Azhar University (the most important theological centre for Sunnite
Islam: editor’s note:). And the swift retaliation on the part of the
Egyptian air force on Islamic State bases in Libya also demonstrated
that for the Egyptian government its citizens are all equal and that
Egypt is suffering as a nation from the bloodthirsty delirium of the
terrorists”.

A video of the decapitation of the 21 Copts
kidnapped in Libya at the beginning of January, was put on line by
jihadist websites yesterday 15 February. At dawn this morning, Egyptian
Air force planes attacked and bombed jihadist positions in Libya, mainly
in the area of Derna. “Revenge for Egyptian blood – says a statement
issued by Egyptian armed forces regarding raids in Libyan territory - is
an absolute right and will be implemented”. Egypt – the statement reads
– claims the right to defend its national security and stability from
any criminal attacks on the part of “individual terrorists or groups
inside and outside the nation”. Egypt’s presidency has announced 7 days
of national mourning for the 21 murdered Copts.

42.
A hermit said, 'No one can harm the man at the emperor's side; Satan
cannot harm us if we keep ourselves close to God, as it is written,
"Draw nigh to me, and I shall draw nigh unto you" (Zech. 1:3). But
because we are so often puffed up with pride, it is easy for the enemy
to snatch away our wretched soul to carnal passion and disgrace.'Prayer request? Send an email to: PrayerRequest3@aol.com

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Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!Below is a slide show of pictures that I have collected: Tears of Mary!

Have a look!

Jeremiah 14:17; 15:18

"Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the Virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with an exceedingly grievous evil. / Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed?"

Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna

Where Peter is, there is the Church, where the Church is there is Eternal Life

About Me

I'm 80, formally married to Marianne for 52 years, [Marianne passed away to the Lord on August 9th, 2013 after suffering a stroke and two cardiac arrests.] We have 4 children (plus 2 in heaven-stillborn) and nine grandchildren plus 1 Step-grandchild. I'm a Korean War Vet, U.S. Navy; I was a Motorcycle News Courier for U.P.I., and WNEW Chanel 5 TV News, during 60's & 70's; a Lieutenant in the Wycoff Hospital Police in the 90's. I was ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Brooklyn Diocese on April 25, 1987 and served in four parishes before relocating to Florida in 2002. I'm still incardinated for Brooklyn Diocese. There was no parish in my town so we traveled to either Mt. Dora or Eustis for Mass. My oldest son and daughter, John and Anne, lived near us but the rest of the gang are up North in New York and Pennsylvania. We have now relocated to a northern state and my ministry is mostly on the Internet with some blogs and groups. I also assist the pastor at the local Catholic church. I owe my life and conversion/calling to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel de Garabandal, who has brought me to her Son Jesus. I am Their servant and slave! I only want to do the Will of God and glorify the Most Blessed Trinity with my life!

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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;let me never be put to shame!In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,to which I may continually come;you have given the command to save me,for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.For you, O Lord, are my hope,my trust, O Lord, from my youth.Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;you are he who took me from my mother's womb.My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,but you are my strong refuge.My mouth is filled with your praise,and with your glory all the day.Do not cast me off in the time of old age;forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;those who watch for my life consult togetherand say, “God has forsaken him;pursue and seize him,for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;O my God, make haste to help me!May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;with scorn and disgrace may they be coveredwho seek my hurt.

But I will hope continuallyand will praise you yet more and more.My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,of your deeds of salvation all the day,for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,O God, do not forsake me,until I proclaim your might to another generation,your power to all those to come.Your righteousness, O God,reaches the high heavens.You who have done great things,O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamitieswill revive me again;from the depths of the earthyou will bring me up again.You will increase my greatnessand comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harpfor your faithfulness, O my God;I will sing praises to you with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.My lips will shout for joy,when I sing praises to you;my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointedwho sought to do me hurt.

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As you can tell from my postings, I'm in love with Mother Mary, who has taken me under her mantle of protection, has taught and led me to Her Divine Son, Jesus; Who in turn has led me, in the Holy Spirit, to the Eternal Father! Two prayers that I say often tell who I am:Come O Holy Spirit; Come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved Spouse.

O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee. My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.